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Youths are seen at an encampment set up on land under the jurisdiction of Majd al-Krum in the Galilee on September 13, 2026. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 13, 2026, 10:01 pm
Galilee Arab municipality says West Bank settlers erected an outpost on its land
Jewish National Fund says it leased land for grazing, but footage shows youths set up camp, with no animals in sight; Hadash head: Encampment realizes Smotrich’s ‘fascist’ plans
By ToI Staff
Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg (right), attends the registration of political parties ahead of the election at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2026, 2:43 am
Israel’s election takes shape as 38 parties submit slates, in battle between pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs
Major parties registering on Tuesday feature few women candidates in realistic spots; Shas adds IDF reservist; Sukkot slides on Religious Zionism list; Blue and White makes last-ditch survival effort
By Stav Levaton, Ariela Karmel and Emanuel Fabian
Left to right: Hadash chairman Yousef Jabareen, Balad chair Sami Abou Shahadeh and Ta'al head Ahmad Tibi. (Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 8:37 pm
Arab-majority Hadash, Ta’al and Balad parties agree on joint run after striking deal
Combined election slate would see Hadash’s Yousef Jabareen at the helm, followed by Ta’al’s Ahmad Tibi and then Balad’s Sami Abou Shahadeh, after Tibi demanded better conditions
By ToI Staff
MK Ahmad Tibi attends a Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 9, 2026, 7:44 pm
Negotiations over Arab joint list hit snag as Ahmad Tibi rejects proposed slate
Mooted list would give Ta’al smallest Knesset representation of three parties. Hadash chairman Jabareen calls proposal ‘an expression of the public’s will’
By Sam Sokol
A man walks by an election campaign billboard showing Sami Abu Shehadeh, head of the nationalist Balad party, in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
October 30, 2022, 3:06 pm
Damned if you vote, damned if you don’t: Despair a deciding factor in Arab turnout
Even generous forecasts cap neglected minority’s turnout at 50%, but Balad’s breakaway from Hadash-Ta’al offers those who refuse to cooperate with government a new political home
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: People protest against rising violence in Arab communities, in Umm al-Fahm, February 5, 2021 (courtesy/ Kumi Yisrael)
February 28, 2021, 6:22 pm
Police’s conduct probed after 35 injured at Arab Israeli protest
Internal Investigations Department launches review following complaints from rights groups; one video from Umm al-Fahm shows officers shoving woman into traffic
By ToI Staff
Police hitting a protester in Umm al-Fahm on February 26, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
February 28, 2021, 12:01 am
Arab community calls for probe after 35 hurt by police in anti-crime protest
Officials say weekly protests against the spread of organized crime will continue; Haifa court releases 3 suspects arrested by police
By ToI Staff
Police disperse a protest against violence in Arab communities, in Umm al-Fahm on February 26, 2021. (Israel Police)
February 26, 2021, 6:03 pm
MK among 35 hurt as cops fire rubber bullets, stun grenades at Arab protest
Police say they were responding to violent riot, but demonstrators accuse officers of using excessive force; Umm al-Fahm mayor and MK Yousef Jabareen among wounded
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
Illustrative: People protest against rising violence in Arab communities, in Umm al-Fahm, February 5, 2021 (courtesy/ Kumi Yisrael)
February 5, 2021, 5:48 pm
Hundreds protest in Umm al-Fahm over police response to crime in Arab community
Protesters call for resignation of local police chief; 7 arrested for violence in overnight demonstrations in Taybeh
By ToI Staff
Suleiman Aghbariyah, former mayor of Umm al-Fahm (screenshot)
January 7, 2021, 10:25 pm
Former mayor seriously injured amid spate of shootings among Arab Israelis
Umm al-Fahm residents protest outside police station after shooting of Suleiman Aghbariah, a well-known Arab Islamist politician; ‘We’re living in a civil war,’ MK laments
By Aaron Boxerman
Arab Israeli protesters pray as part of a demonstration against violence in Arab communities on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 (courtesy)
January 7, 2021, 5:04 pm
Police disperse hundreds-strong Arab Israeli protest after Kafr Qara murder
3 arrested in demonstration following the death of Suleiman Masarweh, 25, the son of a former local council head and the third Arab Israeli to be murdered in 2021
By Aaron Boxerman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, center with Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab Jabarin, the millionth Israeli to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and medical staff in Umm al-Fahm, January 1, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
January 2, 2021, 5:25 am
Protesters in Arab town denounce Netanyahu as he visits for vaccine drive
‘We haven’t forgotten’: Demonstrators accuse premier of neglect, racism, amid reports he’s trying to win Arab votes; MK says nurses were ejected from medical clinic ahead of visit
By ToI Staff
Arab Israeli lawmakers and demonstrators block Route 6 in protest of what they allege is government inaction in the face of violence in Arab cities and towns (Credit: Joint List)
December 21, 2020, 1:59 pm
Arab Israeli convoy blocks major highway in protest of violence within community
95 Arab Israelis have been killed since the beginning of 2020, the highest annual number in decades; an attempt to pass a wide-ranging anti-violence plan seems to have stalled
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative picture of a child. (Xavier_S, i-Stock photos at Getty Images)
November 25, 2020, 3:24 pm
With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity
400,000 children eligible for hot school meals are stuck at home due to coronavirus, falling between cracks as ministries fail to take responsibility, Knesset committee hears
By Sue Surkes
Arab Israelis protest against home demolitions in the northern town of Arara on January 21, 2017. (Courtesy)
November 13, 2020, 3:17 pm
Israel to cease enforcing measures seen as targeting Arab illegal building
Attorney general announces a ‘change in enforcement’ of 2017 law that significantly raised fines for illegal construction; Arab MKs hail de facto freeze of home demolitions
By Aaron Boxerman
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